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Calls by far-right members of Israel’s incoming government to revise anti-discrimination laws have triggered criticism from some of the country’s leading businesses and prompted them to announce new ...

A powerful blizzard that paralyzed western New York over Christmas weekend has killed at least 25 people, Erie county officials said on Monday, as road and utility crews faced a long ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he sought India’s help with implementing a “peace formula” in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The conversation comes ...

Russia’s dominant lender Sberbank SBER.MM will be forced to close its office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) early next year, First Deputy Chairman Alexander Vedyakhin said on ...

A senior UN official has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to reverse a ban on female humanitarian workers that charities fear will worsen winter hardships. The administration on Saturday ordered ...

By Olympia Stylianou Cyprus has joined the European Union as a unitary state with the application of the acquis communautaire suspended in its occupied part. Accession has brought us many ...

Tuesday, December 27, is the last day to register on the electoral roll for the upcoming presidential elections and to opt to vote at a polling station abroad. The Ministry of ...

The future of the fashion sector in Cyprus is promising one designer tells NIKI CHARALAMBOUS, but it needs creative solutions Eleni Gircalli has come a long way since her university ...

Nicosia is constantly following developments as regards efforts for the upgrading of the Turkish Cypriot puppet regime in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus, remains vigilant on the matter and ...

The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has nearly doubled to fifteen, authorities said, adding that they’d arrested the driver and charged him ...

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday he was suffering worsening back pain from long spells in solitary confinement that he said were part of a deliberate strategy ...

Britain will stop publishing the Covid-19 R number that measures how quickly the disease is spreading among the population, saying on Monday it was not needed anymore thanks to vaccines ...

The energy market was turned on its head; 2023 could bring further turmoil By Charles Ellinas What a year it was. 2022 was seismic in terms of global energy. Everything was turned ...

If there were awards for streaming, CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES comes up with some categories, and their winners Welcome to the first-ever Cyprus Mail Streaming Awards, the Mailies (trademark pending). You have ...

The district officer gives consent to the EAC to extend its network through a property, after consulting with the local authority The Electricity Authority of Cyprus often needs to extend ...

Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that the arrests of citizens linked to the United Kingdom showed London’s “destructive role” in the recent protests in Iran. Asked by ...

A railway is much more feasible an option for Cyprus than tram systems, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Monday in an interview giving an overview of a number of ...

Fifteen people were hospitalised and an emergency situation declared in the southeastern Serbian city of Pirot following an ammonia leak caused by a cargo train derailing nearby, local media reported. ...

A shotgun that was stolen from a residence in Famagusta province was located by the police, who also proceeded to arrest a 20-year-old man, suspected of breaking into the residence, ...

Russia said on Monday it had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to one of its air bases for long-range bombers deep inside its own territory and that three Russian ...

The immediate cause of death of a 10-month-old infant found dead by his mother on Christmas morning has not been identified following a post-mortem examination. The autopsy, carried out by ...

Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea on Monday and South Korea responded by scrambling jets and attack helicopters and opening fire to try to shoot down the North ...

By Gina Agapiou The tallest building in the capital has become a reference point, but Nicosia residents are still questioning its purpose. It’s been over two years since the ...

You may have heard of Jimmy Hoffa. If you are wondering who that is, he was the chairman of the truckers union in the US during the time John F. ...